Group Chief Technology Officer play a crucial role in any startup. It takes an extraordinary person to fulfil the Group Chief Technology Officer role. We have selected these Group Chief Technology Officer’s for this list as they are inspiring for a variety of reasons – whether that’s pushing boundaries, creating groundbreaking products, or doing their bit to save the world.
Our analysts did their best to select be best, and most innovative Group Chief Technology Officer’s. The list is in no particular order!
Richard Orme
Group Chief Technology Officer @ Photobox
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Richard joined Metapack in 2012 and is responsible for MetaPack’s Technology delivery and strategy. Prior to joining MetaPack he worked in the US logistics software industry developing market leading solutions with UPS, FedEx and Pitney Bowes. He has also worked in the UK Telecomms industry on volume and availability systems for the UK’s largest fibre optic network at ntl (now Virgin Media). He has over twenty years of software development and delivery experience working in a range of technologies with a strong focus on highly available logistics platforms and data integration.
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Lee Cadman
Group Chief Technology Officer @ MYJAR
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Mark Smith
Group Chief Technology Officer @ ITV
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Mark joined ITV in 2011 as a member of the Technology Management team and was promoted into the CTO role in 2015, before taking on the Group CTO role in 2018. Prior to joining ITV Mark held senior Technology positions at the BBC, BBC Worldwide and Sky. Over the past 15 years Mark has specialised in digital transformation and has led the design, build and delivery of industry leading VOD platforms. Mark started his career as a software engineer at BT R&D.
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Mark Smith
Group Chief Technology Officer @ ITV
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Mark joined ITV in 2011 as a member of the Technology Management team and was promoted into the CTO role in 2015, before taking on the Group CTO role in 2018. Prior to joining ITV Mark held senior Technology positions at the BBC, BBC Worldwide and Sky. Over the past 15 years Mark has specialised in digital transformation and has led the design, build and delivery of industry leading VOD platforms. Mark started his career as a software engineer at BT R&D.
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Klaus Michael Vogelberg
Group Chief Technology Officer @ Sage Group
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Klaus-Michael Vogelberg was R&D Director and partner of the German KHK Software group, acquired by Sage in 1997. In 2000 he joined the Group team to assist Sage operating companies and the Board on software architecture and technology strategy. Between 2004 and 2007 Klaus-Michael acted as R&D Director for Sage UK and Ireland, before taking up his current post of Group Chief Technology Officer.
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